Demystifying Telecommunications and Information
Policy : Panelists

Universal Access:

Carl Davidson, Moderator

Pierre Clark

Heather McCammond-Watts, Librarian

Heather McCammond-Watts received her MLS from the University
of Illinois. Previously, she had been active in publishing and reviewing
children's books. She is currently the Children's Librarian at the
Beverly Branch of the Chicago Public Library. As a strong advocate for
electronic information in libraries, Heather is a member of the Libraries
on the Information Superhighway Advocacy Network (LISAN) as well as the
Chicago Public Library Internet Committee. She has also created a web
page especially for kids.

Speech Topic: Universal Service & Libraries: What Happens when
the Honeymoon is Over?

Maria Ayala, Instituto del Progresso Latino

Maria Ayala is an activist with the Instituto del Progresso
Latino. They have worked with CUED and the University of Illinois at
Chicago on a project to network community and non-profit groups.

Intellectual Property, Intellectual Freedom, Privacy & Censorship

Donald Goldhamer, Computer Professional - Moderator

Donald H. Goldhamer is a Project Manager and Senior
Programmer/Analyst on the staff of the University of Chicago's computing
services organization. He joined the University staff in 1966, and is
currently Project Manager of UCInfo, the University's campus networked
information service. His particular professional interests are in the
manipulation and analysis of text, the analysis of natural language,
information retrieval, large scale databases.

Mr. Goldhamer has degrees in Sociology and Social Psychology
from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, where he
was a Fellow of the National Institutes of Mental Health and the National
Science Foundation. He is a member of the Association for
Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computer Society and the Am. Assn. for the
Advancement of Science.

Some of his volunteer activities related to computing are as a
member of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and of the
Board of Directors of the CPSR Chicago Chapter, and a member of the
Steering Committee of the Chicago Coalition for Information Access. He is
also actively involved in civic affairs in a number of areas, including
civil rights (with a particular interest in issues of privacy),
technological justice, U.S.-Caribbean relations, criminal justice, and
secondary education.

Philip Segrest, Attorney

Philip Dale Segrest, Jr., is an associate attorney at the law
firm of Welsh & Katz, Ltd., where he is primarily engaged in matters of
litigation and intellectual property, including patents, copyrights,
trademarks, trade secrets, and related topics.

In 1988 Mr. Segrest received his first Bachelor of Science from
the University of Alabama in applied mathematics, with minors in English
and classics. In 1989 he received a second Bachelor of Science in
physics, with minors in the Arts & Sciences Honors Program and the
Computer Based Honors Program. He received his J.D. from the University
of Alabama in 1992, where he worked on the managing board of the Alabama
Law Review. During the summers of 1989 and 1990, Mr. Segrest worked as an
intern for the Clerk of the Alabama Supreme Court.

From 1992 to 1993 he served as a law clerk for Hon. Eric G.
Bruggink on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. From
1993 to 1994, he clerked for Hon. John P. Wiese at that same court. From
1994 to 1995, he was the law clerk for Hon. Marion T. Bennett of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, also in
Washington, D.C. While in Washington, he continued his legal studies at
George Washington University, concentrating on intellectual property
matters.

Mr. Segrest is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme
Court, Alabama Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Middle
District of Alabama, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also a registered patent
attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Paul Brenner, Randolph Street Gallery & the File Room

The File Room is an Interactive Computer Project addressing
cultural censorship. The File Room utilizes the latest telecommunications
technology to document numerous individual cases of censorship around the
world and throughout history with an easy-to-use, interactive computer
archive. An artist's project by Muntadas, The File Room is produced by
Randolph Street Gallery (RSG) with the support of the Electronic
Visualization Laboratory (EVL) of the School of Art and Design at the
University of Illinois / Chicago.

Media Concentration

Liane Casten, Moderator

Liane Casten is Chair, Chicago Media Watch.

Craig Kois, Radio

He will discuss the struggle to win control of access to the
radio spectrum, what can be done, and the Loyola Radio Conference.

Craig Kois is with WLUW and the Loyola Radio Conference.

Batya Goldman

Batya Goldman is with the Underground Press Conference and
UDirect, and can speak to underground press, zines, etc.

Lisa Kuchraski, writer

Lisa Kucharski is familiar with the world of pirate
radio, sound art, and practical media activism.

Tim Brown, Spectrum Press

Tim W. Brown has published two novels electronically
through Chicago's Spectrum Press, Townee (1994) and On
Sangamon (1992), plus electronic versions of Tomorrow
Magazine, the literary journal he has edited since 1982. Brown has
written articles on electronic publishing for Chiron Review,
Another Chicago Magazine, American Book Review, Letter
eX, Strong Coffee, and U-Direct. In addition, he has
discussed this topic on the Aaron Freeman show (WBEZ-FM), the Jay Marvin
show (WLS-AM), CRIS Radio, at the Printers Row Book Fair and DePaul
University. He can be reached by email at audrelv@tezcat.com.